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Ann McGauran

Ann McGauran

Journalist and content editor with 20+ years specialising in public policy. Still learning.

Articles by Ann McGauran

Pay day promises

By Ann McGauran | 12 September 2024

Research from the Health Foundation and Nuffield Trust sets out five policy options to improve so...

The devo's in the detail

By Ann McGauran | 12 September 2024

The proposed English Devolution Bill has given encouragement to many local leaders, but with the ...

Devo depends on fixing councils' finances, warns think-tank

By Ann McGauran | 28 August 2024

The Government’s positive messages on devolution will not lead to progress unless council finance...

Unleashing the power of mayors

By Ann McGauran | 28 August 2024

Embracing mayors so publicly sent out the strongest of signals about how important the Government...

Picking up the pieces

By Ann McGauran | 14 August 2024

Ann McGauran looks at the underlying issues that have spurred on a host of violent protests acros...

Unfair variations in energy costs hit councils by £700m

By Ann McGauran | 07 August 2024

Councils could have saved more than £700m in 2023/24 if they had paid the same rate for energy as...

King's Speech: OBR handed beefed-up scrutiny role

By Ann McGauran | 17 July 2024

The Government has put fiscal stability in the form of a Budget Responsibility Bill at the heart ...

Forging ahead with optimism

By Ann McGauran | 03 July 2024

Labour’s Dame Meg Hillier talks to Ann McGauran about doing slow politics, the ‘big nasties’ any ...